constipé
French, adjective
constipé is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-P-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 57,169th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Constipé is a French adjective meaning “constipated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, constipe is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie une personne ou animal qui a des problèmes de constipation”.
What does constipé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
constipated
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie une personne ou animal qui a des problèmes de constipation.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte de constipation. 2. Personne embarrassée, contrainte, qui reste sur sa réserve.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of constipé
- constipée feminine
- constipés masculine plural
- constipées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to constipé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is constipé in French?
constipé appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).